Tips on Cleaning Ghillie Suits

Tips on Cleaning Ghillie Suits

How can you clean a ghillie suit?  By now you realize that this “suit” is very different than the usual Men’s Warehouse selection.  It is made to look like foliage though it is probably made from of a combination of burlap cloth and jute twine.  Can you wash your ghillie suit in the dryer?  Should you arrange for your ghillie suit to be specially cleaned?

First realize that ghillie suits are mostly impossible to clean.  You are quite literally wearing “litter”; though usually you are wearing simulated leaves made from cloth and twine.  While it’s true that the base of the costume is made to be durable and washable, the attachments are too fragile to be vigorously washed.  You could say that cleanliness and sniper fire really don’t mix.  Whether the sniper is working for military or law enforcement, or is on a hunting expedition, fashion is usually not a concern.  Furthermore, the grime and dirt that would ordinarily scare most people away will actually calm the defensive mind of a target.

There are some brands of manufactured ghillie suits that are synthetically based and are said to be machine washable.  Keep in mind that even if this is so, if you are going hunting you will need to dirty up your suit after wash so that you eliminate the smell of freshly dried laundry.  Some hunters and sportsmen may actually prefer to buy a new ghillie suit rather than attempt to clean a phenomenally dirty one.

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